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13,895 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Ushuaia, protests in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and violence in Moscow. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and South Africa → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and South Africa →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 70 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 19
RegionEast Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Argentina

71 of its 102 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Ushuaia accounted for 41 of Argentina's 71 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Ushuaia stories →
Protests & strikes

Netherlands

59 of its 209 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 6 of Amsterdam's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

145 of its 391 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 80 of Russia's 145 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Cape Verde

56 of its 59 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Praia accounted for 38 of Cape Verde's 56 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

168 of its 498 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

36 of its 71 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

263 of its 689 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

12 of its 23 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Germany

144 of its 582 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); gas explosion in UK (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in India (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 17 the day before
19 in 10016 in 1006 Apr13 Apr20 Apr27 Apr5 May6 Apr: 18 in 1007 Apr: 18 in 1008 Apr: 17 in 1009 Apr: 17 in 10010 Apr: 17 in 10011 Apr: 16 in 10012 Apr: 17 in 10013 Apr: 17 in 10014 Apr: 16 in 10015 Apr: 16 in 10016 Apr: 17 in 10017 Apr: 17 in 10018 Apr: 17 in 10019 Apr: 18 in 10020 Apr: 18 in 10021 Apr: 18 in 10022 Apr: 17 in 10023 Apr: 17 in 10024 Apr: 17 in 10025 Apr: 17 in 10026 Apr: 19 in 10027 Apr: 18 in 10028 Apr: 17 in 10029 Apr: 17 in 10030 Apr: 17 in 1001 May: 17 in 1002 May: 17 in 1003 May: 17 in 1004 May: 17 in 1005 May: 17 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 May. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 13,895 stories about harm among 80,334 counted on 5 May.

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In Argentina, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 80,334 stories, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and South Africa. In Argentina's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran about 4 times their usual. On 5 May 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cape Verde95 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Argentina70 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 19 · mostly health Sudan56 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia51 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine50 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 506 Tehran Iran58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 London UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Ashkelon Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 New York US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTanzania: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsRochester, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDetroit, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsBrighton, UK -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsKarur, India -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsFujairah, United Arab Emirates -- disasters & accidents: 47 stories, carried by 47 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 23 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 10 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Calgary Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Rochester US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Detroit US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Karur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,629 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice23% 3,151 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,403 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,841 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 826 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 787 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 477 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 465 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed3,521 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,268 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting evacuations268 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting people displaced136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees70 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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